Hay-barrack.



G. A. WALKER.

HAY BARRAGK.

APPLICATION FILED BEPT.19.1907.

No. 879,071. PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

FIE-r15 ESE.

"m NORRIS rsrzns c6, WFJI'IINGTON, n. c.

No. 879,071. PATENTED PEB.11, 1908.

G. A. WALKER.

HAY BARRAOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19.1907. 7

" 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

a Vita eases jgm I rm; NORIPIG was"; ca, wAsmucm/v, n. c

GEORGE AQWALKER, OF JET, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR TO JET MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

- OF JET, OKLAHOMA.

HAY-B ARRACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. WALKER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Jet,

in the county of Woods, Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Barracks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hay barracks and has for its object to provide a construction of barrack which will be more desirable and at the same time more durable than the present ones.

In the construction devised by meall of the cables for raising and lowering the roof of the barrack are hidden and consequently cannot become rusted nor can they become fouled in the hay stored in the barrack as is at present the case.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the barrack, Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same, Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view therethrough, Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one corner of the barrack roof, showing the manner of mounting the same so as to slide vertically. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view showing the disposition of the cables,'Fig. 7 is a detail view in elevation, of one of the corner posts of the barrack, Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of another of the posts, and, Fig. 9 is a detail vertical sectional view through the casing, for the winding shaft of the barrack.

In the drawings, the frame of the barrack embodying my invention is shown as comprising four corner posts of which the two rear ones are indicated by the numeral 10, and the front ones, one by the numeral 11 and the other by the numeral 12. These posts are supported upon suitable bases 13 which may be of masonry .or other construction and material suited to the purpose, and connecting the posts in proper relation at their lower ends are sills 14. Other sills 15 are disposed above the sills 14 and also con nect the posts and a frame indicated in general by the numeral 16 is built upon the posts and the sills above described.

The roof of the barrack is indicated by the numeral 17 and ma be of any ordinary construction found deslrable, although it is here shown as being of square hip construction. A guide 18 in the form of an angularly bent bar is secured at its ends to the lower edges of the roof at each corner thereof and partly embraces the corresponding post of the barrack, it being understood that these guides serve as a means whereby the roof may be slid vertically in its frame.

Each of the corner posts of the barrack is of hollow construction and j ournaled in a recess formed in each of the posts at its upper end is a sheave or pulley 19, the recesses being in communication with the bores in the posts so that cables passing through the posts may pass also over the pulleys, as will e presently described. A pulley 20 is also journaled in a similar recess 21, in each post adjacent the lower end thereof, and, as in the case of the pulleys 19, these latter pulleys are vertically disposed. In addition to the pulleys above described, each of the front posts of the barrack is rovided with a pulley 22 which is journalerf horizontally in a bracket 23 seated in a recess 24 formed adjacent the lower end of the post. The function of these last described pulleys will be apparent from the descri tion which is to follow.

Journa ed in suitable bearings 25 Within a casing 26 which is located at the corner of the frame of the barrack, at which the front corner post 12 is located, is a horizontal shaft 27 carrying four winding spools or reels indicated by the numerals 28, 29, 30 and 31. A inion 32 is secured upon the shaft 27 within the casing 26 and meshing with this gear is a similar gear 33 carried by a shaft 34 which is also j ournaled horizontally in the casing and has one of its ends extended outwardly thereof. A crank handle 35 is fixed upon the end of the shaft 34 and by means of this crank handle, the shaft may be rotated to rotate the winding shaft 27. A ratchet 35*? is fixed upon the shaft 34 outwardly of the casing and a awl 35 is arranged upon theadjacent side 0 the casing and cooperates with said ratchet.

Cables 36 are secured at one of their ends to each corner of the roof at the upper ends of the posts and downwardly through the posts, afterwards being assed under the pulleys 20 p at the lower en s of the respectlve posts. The cable for the corner post 12 is assed directly onto the spool 31 and aroun the same but'the cable from the rear corner post at this side of the frame is passed forwardly to the said front post and around the pulley 23 thereon and finally around the up ermost spool 28. In like manner the cable f fom the rear corner post at the opposite side of the frame of the barrack is passed forwardly to the front corner post 11 and around the pulley 22 thereon and to the spool 30, the cable for the front corner post 11 being extended beneath the pulley thereon and to the spool 29.

From the foregoing description of the invention, it will be seen that by rotating the winding shaft, all of the cables will be wound in unison and that consequently the roof of the barrack will be raised in an even manner.

What is claimed, is

A hay barrack comprising hollow corner uprights, a roof connected at its corners with the uprights for vertical sliding movement, pulleys journaled at the upper endsof the up rights, pulleys journaled vertically adjacent the lower ends of the uprights, a Windlass journaled vertically adjacent one of the uprights, the said Windlass being comprised of spools equal in number to the number of uprights, pulleys journaled for horizontal rotation adjacent the lower ends of two of the uprights other than the one adjacent which the Windlass is j ournaled, and cables connected each at each of its ends to one corner of the roof and engaged over the pulleys upon the respective uprights, certain of the cables being led around the horizontal pulleys last mentioned and all of the cables being connected at their opposite ends to the respective spools of the Windlass, and means whereby the Windlass may be rotated to wind the cables thereon.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. WALKER. Witnesses:

C. T. POWELL, F. P. CARY. 

